Elena Florentiades

Elena has been associated with the firm for over twelve years and brings extensive in-house and private practice experience. Before rejoining the firm, she served for ten years as internal Legal Advisor to a leading credit institution in Cyprus.

She regularly advises major credit institutions operating in Cyprus on regulatory and compliance matters, also assisting in the drafting and review of consumer credit and security documentation, the development of banking products, including digital products, as well as in the negotiation of financing arrangements relating to significant commercial projects. Elena also acts for Cyprus’ leading payment and acquiring services provider, assisting in the drafting, review and negotiation of a broad range of commercial agreements including agreements for the provision of payment services and solutions to clients, software licencing arrangements and contracts relating to payment platforms and technology solutions.

She has extensive experience in data protection and privacy matters, regularly representing clients before the Data Protection Commissioner. Elena has successfully assisted clients in investigation proceedings, preparing submissions in response to complaints and findings of alleged infringements and advocating for the reduction and mitigation of administrative penalties.

In the area of competition law, Elena advises on merger control and antitrust matters. She has been involved in a number of significant merger notifications in the banking, insurance and energy sectors, supporting clients throughout the notification process and in their dealings with the Cyprus Commission for the Protection of Competition.